A bunch of stupid penalties, and stupid plays. We should have overcome all the overzealous Referees bullshit, but we shot ourselves in the foot too many times!
Given all that, the call against Shaquem was utter, complete bullshit. It was a bail out call by the Referee to get SF a 1st down.
Shaquem: "I knew they were looking to call something, so I made sure my hands were clear and I knocked the ball out. The ref looked at me, and threw the flag."
He was upset, as he should be.
There are those that we that we shouldn't be complaining about refereeing. To that I say, tell that to the people in power. NFLN, ESPN, CBS, NBC, and every other sports network that keeps "Whining" about "The Seahawks got away with this! The Seahawks got away with that!"
This week on NFLN, headline "VP of officiating said Bobby Wagner should have been penalized on blocked kick."
As if that was what lost Minnesota the game.
Then there was "KJ Wright should have gotten a penalty for tipping the ball out of the end zone!" OMG! OMG! OMG!
If not for THAT, Seattle would have lost every game for the rest of it's life! {Sorry for the hyperbole, but they started it! SO there!}
Then of course there was the "Richard Sherman got away with a hold on Julio Jones!! OMG! OMG!"
And I love on how all of their videos, the cut out the part where Julio pushed off. There was even one where they cut in Richard covering Julio from a completely different play to make it look like he was innocent!" Talk about lack of journalistic integrity!
And of course there was the infamous "Fail Mary." Ancient history, so who cares. But they love to bring that one back up.
Hey, what about the uncalled, blatant OPI against Green Bay that helped put them ahead? But noooo, we have to concentrate on the one that "Seattle got away with!" As if that was the ONLY reason Green Bay lost.
I hear this all the time from the talking heads, "You cannot let the game come down to one play!" They should take their own advice.